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SAU sets aside one day every Spring semester for our community of learners to consider a current topic of interest to the contemporary world.  The title of this year’s Focus series is, “The Future of Faith.”  The main speaker for the series in author/speaker Brian McLaren.  McLaren is the author of many books including, “A New Kind of Christian“, “A Generous Orthodoxy“, “Everything Must Change“, and most recently, “Finding Our Way Again.”  Time magazine named McLaren one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in 2007. 

White Library is open during the Focus Series, but we encourage students to attend to all scheduled Focus Series events.

Focus 2009 schedule

Tuesday, Feb. 24

• 5:00 p.m. – dinner with Brian McLaren
• 7:00 p.m. – Keynote address by Brian McLaren
  Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church

Wednesday, Feb. 25

• 8:00 a.m. – Workshops – various speakers will speak at locations across campus; check back for updated information
• 9:00 a.m. – Workshops – various speakers will speak at locations across campus; check back for updated information
• 10:15 a.m. – David Kinnaman presents “The Future of Faith”
  SAFMC
• 1:30 p.m. – Kevin DeYoung presents “Ask Not What You Can Do For God: A Critique of Emergent Theology”
  White Auditorium
• 2:45 p.m. – David Kinnaman presents “Measuring Faith with Numbers”
  White Auditorium
• 3:45 p.m. – Cookie Coffee Chat
  Location: TBA

Welcome to the first posting of the White Library blog at Spring Arbor University!

My name is Robbie Bolton, and I am the new Education Librarian at Spring Arbor University. In 1998, I graduated from Spring Arbor College with a degree in History and Education. I recently completed a Master’s of Science in Information degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. For the past year and a half I served the White Library as an adjunct Reference Librarian and prior to joining the Library faculty full time this January, I worked for 7 years at SAU in Residence Life in Ormston Hall.

As the Education Librarian, I hope to provide quality library service to students and faculty in the School of Education. I also serve as library liaison to the following departments: Communication, HHPR, Nursing, Social Work, and Sociology.

I will be adding library news and information to this blog throughout the semester. Check back often to see what is happening at the White Library!

–Robbie Bolton, Education Librarian